Envoy Conversations: Canadian Immigration Minister Marco Mendicino on Canada's Immigration Policy

The Belgian Immigration Office is increasing administrative fees for certain immigration applications, including D visas and residence permit applications.

Facing a shortage of critical healthcare workers, Damien English will remove certain employment occupations from the ineligible list for sourcing from outside of Ireland.

Malta has introduced the Digital Nomad Residence Permit for those looking to work remotely while residing in Malta.

The Mauritius 2021/2022 Budget was released last week where vast improvements to the Occupation Permit were proposed.

The UAE has launched the first phase of its initiative to issue an updated version of the Emirates ID Card.

The Netherlands has launched a pilot program that allows start-up companies, with less than 15 staff members, to sponsor non-EU foreign nationals. Read more.

As Belgium looks to modernize their residence permits they have changed the E and E+ cards to EU and EU+ cards with new regulations.

The U.S. Consulate in Mumbai is reopening and will contact appointment holders to give instructions to continue processing their application.

The European Parliament has endorsed a new travel certificate that will allow travelers to move between EU states without extra quarantine requirements or coronavirus testing.

Immigration New Zealand (INZ) announced permanent closure of the INZ Beijing Visa Processing Office. This closure will take effect on August 31, 2021.

The Canadian government is relaxing travel restrictions for National Hockey League (NHL) teams crossing the U.S.-Canada border for the Stanley Cup event. They are exempt from a 14-day quarantine.

Canada's Immigration Minister has announced two permanent residence (PR) pathways for workers or recent graduates from Hong Kong.

The EU will implement changes near the end of 2022 to its automated border checks for third country nationals entering or exiting external borders.

The Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) has provided additional guidance on updated Labor Marketing Testing requirements.

Irish Consulates are now processing ALL long-stay visas, including D visas.

On May 1, 2021, new regulations took effect for Dependent’s Pass (DP) holders which requires them to obtain a Work Permit, Employment Pass or S pass in order to work in Singapore.

The deadline to submit residence applications for UK Nationals living in the Netherlands has been extended to October 1, 2021.

On May 25, 2021, France’s newly introduced online platform began accepting Talent Passport applications.